Airbus and Boeing are increasing production rates for their single aisle aircraft dramatically. Boeing has already committed to growing the 737 production rate to 47 per month in 2017, and to 52 by 2018. Earlier this year, Airbus announced it…
To the beat of traditional Japanese taiko drummers, Mitsubishi rolled in their new MRJ. About 3 1/2 years behind schedule, the aircraft apparently has been noted for high quality workmanship already. Mitsubishi is building 78- and 92-seat versions developed at…
A story out today might lead readers to think a CSeries order from Austrian is imminent. Its not. We contacted Austrian and we were told “I am pleased to confirm that we achieved a framework-agreement with our workers council, so…
In the business of buying airplanes, an airline will always seek the lowest cost. Just as they do with every other production input – lowest cost wins every time. So how is it that with the pending Azul order, “Boeing…
Superjet celebrates its first anniversary of operations with Interjet. On September 18, 2013 the first SSJ100 entered into service with the Mexican airline. Up to the anniversary date, Interjet’s fleet logged over than 12,000 flight hours and 11,400 cycles. The…
The most brutal area of commercial aerospace is the single aisle market. Competition between Airbus and Boeing is fierce. So fierce that new entrants rightly fear the news these giants are going to increase production. The pool may be growing…